Introducing psychology as an academic discipline in France

Théodule Ribot and the Collège de France (1888-1901)

Bibliographic Data

ID4002834
AuthorsSerge Nicolas (Délégation Paris 5), Agnès Charvillat (Descartes (Belgium))
Year2001
Volume37
Issue2
Pages143-164
Publication date2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jhbs.1002
PMID11343297
OpenAlexW2037370056
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited20

This paper describes the context in which the teaching of psychology as an autonomous discipline was introduced in France, and reproduces the first psychology lecture given in France by Théodule Ribot on 9 April 1888 at The Collège de France. In France, this recognition was delayed because of the negative influence of spiritualist philosophy. It took both the acknowledged status of a man (Ribot) and a minister's decision for this new type of teaching to be accepted in France. After describing the events that took place at the Collège de France and at the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, we reproduce in full Ribot's inaugural lecture at the Collège, an important document for the history of French psychology. We conclude by describing the circumstances in which this teaching came to its end in 1901. (c) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Context (archaeology) · Discipline · Epistemology · History of psychology · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Social Representations and Identity

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